No. 7 - "Garcon a la Pipe", Pablo Picasso - Modigliani's "Nu Couché" sells for $170.4 million - second most expensive painting ever sold at auction - Pictures - CBS News Next No. 1 - "Les Femmes d'Alger", Picasso Pablo Picasso's "Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O)" became the most expensive art ever sold at auction for the staggering price of $179 million on May 11, 2015... topping a list of paintings by illustrious international artists. The Christie's New York auctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen, who sold the painting, referred to the work as "the Mozart of 20th-century painting." By CBSNews.com Senior Photo Editor Radhika Chalasani Credit: via Christie's No. 1 - "Les Femmes d'Alger", Picasso Auctioneer Jussi Pylkkanen takes bids on Pablo Picasso's "Women of Algiers (Version O)," which sold for just over $179 million, setting a world record for art at auction during a sale at Christie's, New York, May 11, 2015.

Credit: Kathy Willens/AP No. 1 - O'Keeffe - Priciest female artist Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 "Jimson Weed, White Flower No. 1," smashed records May 20, 2015 when it sold for $44.4 million to an anonymous buyer -- a price three times larger than the previous auction record for a female artist. Joan Mitchell held the title for highest-selling female artist for an untitled 1960 painting at $11.9 million. O'Keefe's painting depicts one of the artist's favorite subjects: a magnified flower. O'Keeffe said, "When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else." Credit: Sotheby's No. 2 - “Nu Couché” Amedeo Modigiani's "Nu Couché" sold for $170.4 million with fees November 9, 2015 at Christie's New York in just nine minutes. Originally estimated at $100 million, it became the second most expensive painting sold at auction.

The buyer from China placed the bid by phone. Credit: via Christie's No. 3 - "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" Painted by Francis Bacon in 1969, the life-size triptych "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" depicts Bacon's friend Lucian Freud on a wooden chair. Bacon is one of the greatest modern artists of the mid-20th century. The painting was part of the Christie's, New York sale of post-war and contemporary art auction on November 12, 2013, and was estimated at $85 million. However, a bidding war between seven buyers ultimately pushed the sale price up to $142.4 million. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images No. 4 - "The Scream", Edvard Munch Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's 1895 pastel on board version of "The Scream" is one of the greatest expressionist masterpieces of all time. Until "Les Femmes d'Algers" made headlines, it was the most expensive painting ever sold at auction, going for $119.9 million at Sotheby's New York in 2012.

"The Scream" is also the most expensive pastel drawing. It's been described as an 'expression of personal suffering' because of the artist's tragic family history, which included a sister kept in an asylum, where screams could reportedly be heard outside. Three other versions of the painting exist. Credit: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images No. 4 - "The Scream", Edvard Much Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' is auctioned at Sotheby's May 2012 Sales of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary Art in New York City, May 2, 2012. The masterpiece is one of four versions created by Munch and the only one that is privately owned. The masterpiece sold for over $119 million. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images No. 5 - "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" Pablo Picasso's 1932 "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust", estimated at $70 million to 90 million prior to sale, sold for $106.5 million at Christie's in New York inMay 4, 2010.

The painting is known as the 'lost Picasso' since it hadn't been seen in public for 60 years. It had previously changed hands back in 1951 for a mere $18,000. Credit: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images No. 6 - "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster) The 1963 two panel "Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)" by Andy Warhol, sold for $105.4 million at Sotheby's New York in 2013. It is the last in a series of four pieces depicting a car crash. The left side is a set of 15 photos of a car accident. The right side is a large silver rectangle. It surpassed Warhol's previous auction record for Pop Art ("Green Car Crash, 1963) by $30 million. Here, the artwork is on display during a press preview of the auction of contemporary art, at Sotheby's in New York, November 1, 2013. The painting has only been seen once in public since 1987 and was sold to an unknown buyer. Credit: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images No.

7 - "Garcon a la Pipe", Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso's "Garcon a la Pipe" reached it's $104.2 million price tag in just seven minutes of bidding at Soethby's New York in 2004, a record price for a Picasso until it was surpassed by the sale of "Les Femmes D'Alger". Here, two Sotheby's employees hold up "Garcon a la Pipe" May 5, 2004 during the auction. The great master, Picasso has four paintings in the top 10 list which makes him perhaps one of the most valuable twentieth century painters of all time to date. Credit: Stan Honda/AFP/Getty, AFP/Getty Images No. 8 - "Nurse" The 1964 pop art creation "Nurse" by American artist Roy Lichtenstein sold for $95.4 million at a Christie's New York, part of a curated sale The Artist's Muse on November 9, 2015. It was a record for the Pop artist. The masterpiece, with the artist's signature Ben-Day dots, was painted at the height of Lichtenstein's career.

The auction house described the subject as a "quintessential Lichtenstein heroine" borrowed from a comic romance novel of the early 1960s. The comic book-style painting previously sold at auction for $1.7 million in 1995. Credit: via Christie's No. 9 - "Dora Maar with Cat", "Dora Maar with Cat," one of the largest and most important portraits of Picasso's mistress and muse, was painted in 1941. Estimated at $50 million, it sold for $95.2 million, making it the second most expensive painting sold by an auction house in the history of art. It hadn't been shown to the public for almost 40 years. Credit: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images No. 10 - "Adele Bloch-bauer II", Klimt Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II," painted in 1912, sold at auction in 2006 for $87.9 million. It is one of two well-known versions; the first version had a gold backdrop. Klimt is considered one of the best portrait artists of pre-war Europe.

Here, Christie's staff work the phones and take bids as an image of Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II" is projected on the screen during the Christie's Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in New York, November 8, 2006. The painting sold for $87,936,000. Credit: Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images No. 11 - "Orange, Red, Yellow", Rothko Mark Rothko's "Orange, Red, Yellow" sold at a Christie's, New York auction in 2012 for $86.9 million, rendering it the most expensive abstract painting by a 20th century painter. Credit: Cate Gillon/Getty Images No. 12 - "Triptych", Francis Bacon Francis Bacon's 1976 "Triptych" had a pre-sale estimate of $70 million, but ultimately sold for $86.3 million in 2008 at a Sotheby's New York Contemporary Art Sale. The painting is considered one of Bacon's most complex and creative.

Credit: Cate Gillon/Getty Images 10 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold - Listosphere Listosphere Jul 6, 2015 10 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold A Pablo Picasso painting was sold for $179.4m, earning it a place on the top ten list of the most expensive paintings ever sold. Enjoy the list of most expensive paintings. 10. Adele Bloch­Bauer II Price: 87, 9 million USD Sold: Nov 8, 2006 Adele Bloch­Bauer was an Austrian wife of an entrepreneur. She and her husband were great supporters of the artist Gustav Klimt, for which Adele herself modeled for some of his paintings. Adele Bloch­Bauer II got sold for around 87 million USD in 2006 in the auction house Christie’s and got offered by Maria Altmann. This is in turn the niece of Adele Bloch- Bauer, who described her as sick, always with a headache, dark, horribly tender, arrogant persons who was always on the search for intellectual stimulus. 9.

Dora Maar au Chat Price: 95, 2 million USD Sold: May 3, 2006 One of the four Picasso paintings in this list is from 1941, when Picasso was almost 60 years old. It shows Dora Maar, the former muse of Picasso. Both had a relationship between 1936 and 1943. The muse of Picasso was famous for her elegant and extraordinary hats. Even then she got painted in a very simple way and the cat sitting on Dora Maar’s shoulder is not even really visible. The famous art work got sold in 2006 by famous auction house Sotheby’s for around 95 million USD. 8. Garcon a la pipe Price: 104, 2 million USD Sold: May 5, 2004 Pablo Picasso prepared the painting Garcon a la pipe in 1905 in his studio in Montmartre. It’s showing the young guy P’tit Louis, a craftsmen who liked to watch Picasso doing his work.

Garcon a la pipe fell under the hammer in the auction house Sotheby’s in 2004 for more than 104 million USD. 7. Nude, Green leaves and Bust Price: 106, 5 million USD Sold: May 4, 2010 Marie Therese­ Walter is the woman lying under a leafy plant painted in 1932 by Pablo Picasso. The white plaster bust next to her is also showing Marie. Rumors say that the woman herself modeled for this painting. It fell under the hammer in 2010 in auction house Christie’s. 6. The Scream Price: 119, 9 million USD Sold: May 2, 2012 The Scream is one of four paintings which basically show the same. Norwegian painter Edvard Munch painted them between 1983 and 1910.

Today there are four different versions of The Scream: A tempera version from 1910, a pastel version from 1893, another tempera version from 1893 and another pastel version from 1985, which got sold in 2012 for around 120 million USD by Leon Black. Each of the tempera versions of 1993 and 1910 got stolen in 1994 and 2004 by thieves. Due to the robbery in 2004, the tempera version from 1910 is still in a very bad condition and a complete restoration not possible. 5. Adele Bloch­Bauer I Price: 135 million USD Sold: June 19, 2006 Golden Adele or Adele Bloch­Bauer I by Gustav Klimt is one of the most important works within the Austrian art nouveau. In 2006 it had the record price of 135 million USD. The buyer, American entrepreneur Ronald Lauder bought it for his new gallery “New Gallery” in New York.

The painting seems very flat, because Klimt didn’t add any spatial effect. It consists basically of silver and gold leaves. 4. Woman III Price: 137, 5 million USD Sold: Nov 2006 Willem Kooning was famous for his paintings in the art movement abstract expressionism. Woman III arose from a series of six pictures showing women, which got painted by Kooning between 1951 and 1953. From the end 70s until 1994 Woman III was hanging in the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. After the Islamic revolution in 1979, it was forbidden to show the picture. Finally art dealer Thomas Amman bought the painting in 1994, sold it to movie­ and music producer David Geffen, who again sold it through Larry Gagosian to hedge funds­ billionaire Steven A. Cohen. 3. No. 5, 1948 Price: 140 million USD Sold: Nov 2, 2006 No. 5 by Jackson Pollock is a painting drawn up in the action ­painting­ style, which is an art movement within the abstract expressionism.

Before the famous painting got sold into private property, it was in the Museum of Modern Art from David Geffen. Even though the buyer wanted to stay incognito, rumors said that it was Mexican entrepreneur David Martinez. 2. Three Studies of Lucian Freud Price: 142,4 million USD Sold: Nov 12, 2013 Three Studies of Lucian Freud from Francis Bacon was the most expensive ever sold painting until Les femmes d’Alger by Pablo Picasso took the first place in May 2015. The painting is actually a triptychon, showing three times British painter Lucian Freud, who was also the grandson of the very famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. His face is repainted, which is the case for a lot of Bacon’s works. He and Freud painted each other several times during their careers. 1. Les femmes d`Alger Price: 179, 4 million USD Sold: May 11, 2015 Most Expensive Painting Almost 180 million for a painting is a real record amount.

Les femmes d’Alger by Pablo Picasso shows a harem ­scene and was a homage to his in 1954 deceased friend Henri Matisse. Altogether 15 versions of this painting exist. The one which got sold for 180 million USD at an auction in New York is the version “O”. WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS EVER SOLD Trends&Spends WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS EVER SOLD While many consider paintings from artist like Van Gogh and Picasso to be priceless, some have been sold with a hefty price tag. From Dukes to famous musicians and even an anonymous Austrian family, many have spent millions of dollars to own their piece of history. Below is a list of the most expensive paintings ever sold. Price (in millions of US dollars) paid and year of purchase are included. The Card Players (app.

$259 Million) Artist: Paul Cézanne Art Style: Oil on Canvas Sold To: Royal Family of Qatar Price (Date of Sale): $259-$320 Million (April 2011) Adjusted Price Today: ~ $268.1 Million The exact price of The Card Players (even the currency of sale) is not known, with estimates from $259 million to even $320 million. The Card Players is a series of oil paintings by the French Post-Impressionist artist Paul Cézanne. Painted during Cézanne’s final period in the early 1890s, there are five paintings in the series. Keep in mind though guys, the Royal Family of Qatar didn’t buy the series – they bought just that one painting for ~259 million).

The series is considered by critics to be a cornerstone of Cézanne’s art during the early-to-mid 1890s period, as well as a “prelude” to his final years, when he painted some of his most acclaimed work.The models for the paintings were local farmhands, some of whom worked on the Cézanne family estate, the Jas de Bouffan. Each scene is depicted as one of quiet, still concentration; the men look down at their cards rather than at each other, with the cards being perhaps their sole means of communication outside of work. One critic described the scenes as “human still life”, while another speculated that the men’s intense focus on their game mirrors that of the painter’s absorption in his art. No.

5, 1948 ($161.7 Million) Artist: Jackson Pollock Date Painted: 1948 Art Style: Oil on Canvas Sold To: David Martinez (managing partner of Fintech Advisory) Price (Date of Sale): $140 Million (November 2, 2006) Adjusted Price Today: ~ $161.7 Million The painting was done on an 8′ × 4′ sheet of fiberboard, with thick amounts of brown and yellow paint drizzled on top of it, forming a nest-like appearance. It is speculated that David Geffen (the previous owner – founder of Geffen Records and co-founder of Dreamworks SKG) sold the painting, along with two others, to raise enough funds to bid for the Los Angeles Times. The Stone Roses’ song “Going Down”, B-side of “Made of Stone”, makes a comic reference to the painting: “Passion looks like a painting, Jackson Pollock’s No. 5″. The record’s cover was a painting by guitarist John Squire in a style similar to that of Jackson Pollock.

Woman III ($158.8 Million) Art Style: Oil on Canvas Sold To: Steven A. Cohen Price (Date of Sale): $140 Million (November 18, 2006) Adjusted Price Today: ~ $ 158 Million Woman III is one of a series of six paintings by de Kooning done between 1951 and 1953 in which the central theme was a woman. It measures 68 by 48 1⁄2 inches (1.7 by 1.23 m). From late 70s to 1994 this painting was part of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art collection, but after the revolution in 1979, this painting could not be shown because of strict rules set by the government about the visual arts and what they depict. Shame, eh? The buyer, Steven A. Cohen, is an American hedge fund manager who has a net worth of 9.3 billion dollars (woah!), In November 2012, he began to be implicated in a large criminal insider trading scandal.

In July 2013, SAC was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with failing to prevent insider trading. He is an avid art collector, and to date, Cohen has bought around $700 million worth of artwork; in 2003, the New York Times reported that in a five-year period, Cohen spent 20% of his income at art auctions. Le Rêve ($155 Million) Artist: Pablo Picasso Date Painted: 1932 Art Style: Oil Painting Sold To: Steven A. Cohen Price (Date of Sale): $155 Million (March 26, 2013) Adjusted Price Today: ~ $155 Million Le Rêve (French, “The Dream”) is a 1932 oil painting (130 × 97 cm) by Pablo Picasso, then 50 years old, portraying his 22-year-old mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter. It is said to have been painted in one afternoon, on 24 January 1932.

The erotic content of the painting has been noted repeatedly, with critics pointing out that Picasso painted an erect penis, presumably symbolizing his own, in the upturned face of his model. While Wynn was showing the painting to his friends, apparently about to reveal the now still officially undisclosed previous owner (see above), he put his elbow through the canvas, puncturing it in the left forearm of the figure and creating a six-inch tear. Ephron offered as an explanation that Wynn uses wild gestures while speaking and has retinitis pigmentosa, which affects his peripheral vision. Later, Wynn said that he took the event as a sign not to sell the painting. After a $90,000 repair, the painting was re-valued at $85 million, however Cohen still bought it this year for $155 Million – weird right?

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I ($154.9 Million) Artist: Gustav Klimt Type: Oil, silver and gold on canvas Sold To: Ronald Lauder, Neue Galerie Price (Date of Sale): $135 Million (June 18, 2006) Adjusted Price Today: ~ $154.9 Million Klimt took three years to complete the painting. It measures 54″ x 54″ [138 x 138 cm] and is made of oil and gold on canvas, showing elaborate and complex ornamentation as seen in the Jugendstil style. This painting has had a pretty crazy history, and without trying to go into too much detail: The picture was painted in Vienna and commissioned by Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. Adele Bloch-Bauer (Ferdinand’s wife), in her will, asked her husband to donate the Klimt paintings to the Austrian State Gallery upon his death. She died in 1925 from meningitis. When the Nazis took over Austria, her widowed husband had to flee to Switzerland. His property, including the Klimt paintings, was confiscated.

In his 1945 testament, Bloch-Bauer designated his nephew and nieces, including Maria Altmann, as the inheritors of his estate. Now, the painting is the centerpiece of Lauder’s collection, Neue Galerie in New York. Lauder’s comment on the acquisition for his Neue Gallerie collection: “This is our Mona Lisa”. Portrait of Dr. Gachet ($148.6 Million) Artist: Vincent Van Gogh Art Style: Oil on Canvas Sold To: Ryoei Saito Price (Date of Sale): $82.5 Mlilion (May 15, 1990) Adjusted Price Today: ~ $148.6 Million This painting depicts Dr. Paul Gachet, who took care of Van Gogh during the final months of his life.There are two authenticated versions of the portrait, both painted in June 1890 at Auvers. Both show Doctor Gachet sitting at a table and leaning his head on his right arm, but they are easily differentiated in color and style.

Ryoei Saito, the honorary chairman of Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co bought the painting – he later said he would consider giving the painting to the Japanese government or a museum, no information has been made public about the exact location and ownership of the portrait since his death in 1996. Reports in 2007 have claimed the painting was sold a decade earlier to the Austrian-born investment fund manager Wolfgang Flöttl. Flöttl, in turn, had reportedly been forced by financial reversals to sell the painting to parties as yet unknown. Bal du moulin de la Galette ($140.7 Million) Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir Art Style: Oil on Canvas Sold To: Ryoei Saito Price (Date of Sale): $78.1 Million (May 17, 1990) Adjusted Price Today: ~ $140.7 Million Like other works of Renoir’s early maturity, Bal du moulin de la Galette is a typically Impressionist snapshot of real life. It shows a richness of form, a fluidity of brush stroke, and a flickering light.

From 1879 to 1894 the painting was in the collection of the French painter Gustave Caillebotte; when he died it became the property of the French Republic as payment for death duties. From 1896 to 1929 the painting hung in the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris. From 1929 it hung in the Musée du Louvre until it was transferred to the Musée d’Orsay in 1986. Whilst perhaps not the most interesting of histories, it shows how valuable these pieces of art can become after time hanging on a wall. Garçon à la pipe ($128.2 Million) Artist: Pablo Picasso Art Style: Oil on Canvas Sold To: Barilla Group Price (Date of Sale): $104.2 Million (May 4, 2004) Adjusted Price Today: ~ $128.2 Million Garçon à la pipe depicts a Parisian boy holding a pipe in his left hand and wearing a garland or wreath of flowers.

Many art critics have stated that the painting’s high sale price has much more to do with the artist’s name than with the merit or historical importance of the painting. The Washington Post’s article on the sale contained the following characterisation of the reaction: “Picasso expert Pepe Karmel, reached in New York the morning after the sale, was waxing wroth about the whole affair. “I’m stunned,” he said, “that a pleasant, minor painting could command a price appropriate to a real masterwork by Picasso. This just shows how much the marketplace is divorced from the true values of art. The Scream ($121.4 Million) Art Style: Oil, tempera, and pastel on cardboard Sold To: Leon Black Price (Date of Sale): $119.9 Million (May 2, 2012) Adjusted Price Today: ~ $121.4 Million The original German title given to the work by Munch is Der Schrei der Natur (“The Scream of Nature”). In regard to inspiration, Munch quotes: “One evening I was walking along a path, the city was on one side and the fjord below. I felt tired and ill.

I stopped and looked out over the fjord—the sun was setting, and the clouds turning blood red. I sensed a scream passing through nature; it seemed to me that I heard the scream. I painted this picture, painted the clouds as actual blood. The color shrieked. This became The Scream.” The Scream has been the target of several high-profile art thefts. In 1994, the oil, tempera, and pastel version of The Scream in the National Gallery was stolen. It was recovered several months later. In 2004, both The Scream and Madonna were stolen from the Munch Museum, and recovered two years later.

On 12 February 1994, the same day as the opening of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, two men broke into the National Gallery and stole its version of The Scream, leaving a note reading “Thanks for the poor security”.After the gallery refused to pay a ransom demand of US$1 million in March 1994, Norwegian police set up a sting operation with assistance from the British police (SO10) and the Getty Museum and the painting was recovered undamaged on 7 May 1994. Here’s what’s crazy though: They were released on appeal on legal grounds: the British agents involved in the sting operation had entered Norway under false identities. The 1910 tempera on board version of The Scream was stolen on 22 August 2004, during daylight hours, when masked gunmen entered the Munch Museum in Oslo and stole two paintings by Munch: Scream and Madonna. Although the paintings remained missing, six men went on trial in early 2006, variously charged with either helping to plan or participating in the robbery.

Three of the men were convicted and sentenced to between four and eight years in prison in May 2006, and two of the convicted, Bjørn Hoen and Petter Tharaldsen, were also ordered to pay compensation of 750 million kroner (roughly US$117.6 million or €86.7 million) to the City of Oslo. On 31 August, 2006 – the paintings were recovered in average condition. Flag ($117.6 Million) Art Style: Encaustic Painting (Hot Wax Painting) Sold To: Steven A. Cohen Price (Date of Sale): $110 Million (March 2010) Adjusted Price Today: ~ $117.6 Million An encaustic painting is a hot wax painting which involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The US flag was in the news repeatedly in 1954. The McCarthy hearings came to a close on 17 June 1954, only three days after Flag Day.

The work measures 107.3 centimetres (42.2 in) by 153.8 centimetres (60.6 in). Yet again, it was purchased by Steven A. Cohen in 2010. Not much news about the painting now, however it can be assumed that it is in good hands. It is currently on display at the Moma in New York. 1000+ images about Most Expensive Paintings on Pinterest | Picasso paintings, Dora maar and The innocents Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas Most Expensive Paintings Paintings represent values - esthetic, optical, moral and social - all which can change rapidly, with a huge effect on the financial value of the work and the popularity of its creator. Today, for instance, works by Picasso, Rothko, Warhol and Francis Bacon are in huge demand. Tomorrow? Who knows. 7 Pins2.44k Followers 6. "GarÃ§on Ã la pipe" - $104.2M | The World's 15 Most Expensive Paintings | XFINITY The World's 15 Most Expensive Paintings 11 of 17 6.

"GarÃ§on Ã la pipe" - $104.2M Artist: Pablo Picasso Picasso painted the sixth priciest painting in the world when he was just 24 years old. He painted "GarÃ§on Ã la pipe," during his Rose Period. It sold in 2004 for $104.2 million. More from this Slideshow 15. "Triptych, 1... Artist: Francis Bacon Russian businessman Roman Abramovich purchased Francis Bacon's "Triptych, 1976" for $86.3 million in 2008. (Photo/Sothebys) 14. "Massacre of... Artist: Peter Paul Rubens Canadian businessman and art collector Kenneth Thomson purchased Peter Paul Rubens's 1611 painting, titled "Massacre of the Innocents," for $76.7 million in 2002. 13. "Adele Bloch... Artist: Gustav Klimt Klimt's second portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the wife of wealthy industrialist Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, sold at Christie's for almost $88 million in 2006.

12. "Portrait de... Artist: Vincent Van Gogh One of Van Gogh's self portraits, "Portrait de l'artiste sans barbe," sold in 1998 for $71.5 million. 11. "Eight Elvis... Artist: Andy Warhol Pop artist Andy Warhol's "Eight Elvises" was sold for $100 million in 2008 in a private sale. 10. "Irises" - $... Artist: Vincent Van Gogh Vincent van Gogh painted "Irises" a year before his death while living at the asylum at Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-RÃ©my-de-Provence in France. The painting was sold to Austrailian businessman Alan Bond in a Sotheby's auction. Pablo Picasso's "Dora Maar au Chat" is the first of several by the Spanish artist to make this list. This particular painting sold for $95.2 million in 2006 during a private sale. (AP Photo/Sang Tan) 8. "Joseph Rouli...

Artist: Vincent Van Gogh The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York purchased Vincent van Gogh's portrait of Joseph Roulin for $58 million plus the exchange of other various works. van Gogh painted a series of portraits of the Roulin family in 1888 and 1889. 7) "Nude, Green ... Artist: Pablo Picasso "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" is a 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso that features the artist's mistress, Marie-ThÃ©rÃ¨se Walter. For almost 60 years, the painting was a staple in the personal collection of art Sidney and Frances Brody. They sold "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" in 2010 at an auction at Christie's. 4. "Dr. Gachet" ... Artist: Vincent van Gogh During the same auction that the previous Renoir sold, Ryoei Saito also purchsed Van Gogh's 1890 portrait of Dr. Paul Gachet for a then-record price of $82.5 million. Gachet worked as the artist's personal doctor. (AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz) 3.

"Adele Bloch-... Artist: Gustav Klimt Ronald Lauder, the son of the founders of EstÃ©e Lauder Companies, purchased Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I for his Neue Galerie in New York City in June 2006. At $135 million, it was the most expensive painting ever purchased at the time. (AP Photo/Ric Francis) 2. "Woman III" -... Artist: Willem de Kooning The founder of Geffen Records and Dreamworks, David Geffen, sold de Kooning's painting, "Woman III," for $137.5 million in a private Sotheby's auction. 1) "No. 5, 1948"... Artist: Jackson Pollock David Geffen also sold Jackson Pollock's "No. 5, 1948" for $140 million through a Sotheby's auction in 2006. The painting features Pollocks usual style. He used brown and yellow paint on fiberboard to create the masterpiece. It is estimated to be worth around $151.8 million today.

Most Expensive paintings Home » Expensive » Top 10 Most Expensive Paintings Top 10 Most Expensive Paintings We all might know that art works are expensive, but are we really aware of its prevailing values? Like fashion, even the world of art has its share of trend. In fact many artworks are still the prized possession even many years after their creators have passed away. They are repeatedly auctioned and owned by the sophisticated section of the society. Few of them are also displayed at popular museums and art galleries for their authenticity. Thus read through the list to know the names that have been credited for being the most expensive paintings. Top Ten Most Expensive Paintings in the World The top ten most expensive paints in the world have been mentioned below along with their adjusted price values. 1. The Card Players Portraying a pair of Aix-en-Provence farmhands occupied in a game of cards, The Card Players is one among the five creativities in a series by the well-known French post-Impressionist – Paul Cezanne. The display of intense psychology on the faces of the players is beyond comparison.

This very fact has made the painting not only a master piece but also the most expensive painting, sold out in 2011 at a price estimated to be in between $250 million and $300 million. According to critics, the series is regarded as an introduction to his years of art. 2. No.5, 1948 Popular for its intricate description; No.5, 1948 is an art work by the American painter, Jackson Pollock. The 8′ × 4′ art piece is marked with yellow and brown drizzled paint to provide the touch of a nest. Though its original price was $140 million, in 2006 David Martinez, managing partner of Fintech Advisory Ltd bought it for $161.7 million from David Geffen, founder of Geffen Records. Before David Geffen, the painting was a part of the Museum of Modern Art and was owned by Samuel Irving Newhouse, Jr. 3. Woman III Credit goes to the famous Dutch American abstract expressionist artist, Willem de Kooning for the creation of the third most expensive painting – Woman III.

Completed in 1953, the 68 by 48 1⁄2 inches master piece was sold off on 18th November 2006 to Steven A. Cohen at an adjusted price of $158.8 million. In between late 70s and 1994 it Woman III was a part of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art collection but was not on display due to stern rules set by the government regarding visual arts and their depictions. 4. Le Reve The 1932 130 × 97 cm oil painting, Le Reve is an art work by the world renowned Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso reflecting the image of his 22 year old mistress – Marie-Therese Walter. The contrasted colours and the oversimplified outlines of the painting clearly speak about the creator’s period of distorted depictions. On 26th March, 2013; Le Reve was procured by Steven A. Cohen from Steve Wynn after its price was adjusted at $155.0 million. The price was even reported to the highest amount to be paid ever by an American art collector. 5.

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, a portrait painted by Gustav Klimt and burgled during World War II by Nazis was auctioned at $154.9 million on 18th June 2006. As per press reports, the oil and gold painting was sold to Ronald Lauder to be part of his early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design museum – Neue Galerie located in New York City. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I was completed within a span of three years and was meant to be donated to the Austrian State Gallery after Klimt passed away. 6. Portrait of Dr. Gachet Besides being one among the most sacred paintings, Portrait of Dr. Gachet also shares its position among the top 10 most expensive paintings. It was painted by Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch artist portraying Dr. Paul Gachet – the person who took care of him during the last months of his survival. The 1890 oil on canvas painting was bought by Ryoei Saito on 15th May 1990 after its price was adjusted at $148.6 million.

With a slight difference in the colour tone, Vincent van Gogh painted two versions of Portrait of Dr. Gachet. 7. Bal du moulin de la Galette Regarded as one of the most appreciated masterworks of the Impressionism period, Bal du moulin de la Galette is the work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Auctioned at $140.7 million, the portrait is a classic depiction of Impressionist picture of real life. It bears the sight of a Sunday afternoon at Moulin de la Galette in the region of Montmartre in Paris. Though the last buyer of the artwork was not made public due to certain confidentialities, it is believed that currently Bal du moulin de la Galette is owned by a Swiss collector. 8. Garcon a la pipe Another stunning success of Pablo Picasso that stands along the row of top 10 most expensive paintings is none other than the portrait Garçon à la pipe. The Spanish painter was just 24 years old when he painted the oil on canvas painting depicting a garland wearing Persian boy with a pipe on his left hand.

$128.2 million was its adjusted price while its original price was stated to be $104.2 million. On 4th May, 2004; Greentree foundation sold it off to the Italian and European food company – Barilla Group at Sotheby’s, New York. 9. The Scream The Scream, an icon of modern art became the prized possession of Leon Black when he procured it on 2nd May 2012 from Petter Olsen at an adjusted price of $121.4 million while its original tag was $119.9 million. During the past years, it has also been the intention of several high-profile art robberies. The portrait figures an angst-ridden face against a setting with a chaotic orange sky. Edvard Munch, the Expressionist artist painted it in between 1893 and 1910. 10. Flag Created out of newsprint collage, oil paint and encaustic on three separate canvases, the Flag is the last entry into the record of top 10 most expensive paintings in the world.

The encaustic painting is the master work of the American artist Jasper Johns while he was 24 years of age. When it was sold at an adjusted value of $117.6 million to Steven A. Cohen, the Flag became the sole most expensive painting by a living artist. This entry was posted in Expensive on

Question: Sold in 2004 for $104.2 million, the most expensive painting ever sold by Sotherby's was Garcon a la Pipe. Who painted it?
Answer: PABLO PICASSO